Snow scoop



Feb. 13, 1940. COTE 2,190,558

SNOW SCOOP Filed May 19, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 In vcntor A tiomcys Feb.13, 1940. QQTE 2,190,558

SNOW SCOOP Filed May 19, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 l0 j/ n 7 Evy- 5 A 7Inventor Jazz/ls 4/68? @07 5 A ifomeys Patented Feb. 13, 1940 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFlCE SNOW SCOOP Louis Alberie Cote, Lewiston, MaineApplication May 19, 1939, Serial No. 274,621

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a scoop which is mainly designed for use withsnow but which, of course, can be used for other purposes, the generalobject ofthe invention being to make the scoop entirely of metal andinsuch manner that it can be manufactured to sell at low cost and onewhich will not get out of order.

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts to behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawingsand specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corre--sponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side View of the improved scoop.

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view thereof.

Figure 4 is a view looking toward the front end of the scoop.

Figure 5 is a view looking toward the rear end thereof. I p i Figure 6is a section on the line 6-45 of Figure 2. t v t In these views theletter A indicates the body of the scoop which is formed with the bottom30 part i, the sides 2 which slightly diverge upwardly and the rear wall3 which slopes up wardly and rearwardly and is formed with a flange 4which extends forwardly and upwardly and acts to prevent material frompassing over the sides 2 slope downwardly and forwardly as shown at 5and the front edge of the bottom i! is beveled as shown at 6 and acutting member 7 is welded or otherwise fastened to the lower 4@ face ofsaid bottom I adjacent the front thereof and this member I is beveled asat 8 and forms a continuation of the bevel 6. A pipe or rod is bent into-U-shape to provide the handle part 1 the top of the rear wall 3. Thefront ends of ting edge of the scoop off the surface.

The entire body is either formed of one piece of metal or if formed ofseveral pieces they are welded together and the inside of the body issmooth and has no bolt heads or nuts to interfere with the passage ofthe snow into the body and the under part of' the body or the exteriorpart thereof is also smooth so that it can readily slide over the snow.By making the sides 2 flare slightly one scoop can be nested in anotherso that the scoops can be stored or shipped without the scoops occupyingvery much space.

It is thought from the foregoing description thatthe advantages andnovel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes maybe made in the construction andin the combination and arrangement of the several parts pro vided thatsuch changes fall within the scope of the appended claim. Havingdescribed the claimed as new is:

A scoop of the class described comprising a body formed of a singlepiece of material including a bottom, side walls and a rear wall, saidWalls sloping upwardly and outwardly, a flange on the rear wallextending forwardly and upwardly and the front end of the bottom beingbeveled, with the bevel extendingly upwardly and rearwardly, a plateconnected to the underside of the bottom at the front thereof and having a bevel conforming to the bevel of said bot tom, and a U-shapedhandle member connected with the rear part of the scoop and having theends of its limbs extending under the bottom of the scoop and securedthereto to form runners, the front ends of said limbs being flattenedand abutting the rear edge of the plate connected to the underside ofthe bottom.

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